Hilke Berger
Scientific Lead
Hilke Marit Berger (Dr. phil.) is the Scientific Lead of the City Science Lab. In the cooperation project UNITAC (United Nations Innovation Technology Accelerator for Cities), she heads the Urban Academy in collaboration with the African Center for Cities in Cape Town. As an urban researcher, her work at the intersection of cultural studies and urban planning includes practices of participation, issues of collective urban design, co-creation, and digital art. She leads the CityClimate meets CreativeCoding project and is keenly interested in artistic research, diversity of methods, and unfamiliar collaborations. She is active as a juror who developed, coordinated and worked on several artistic and scientific projects for festivals, theatres, universities and authorities. She lectures and publishes internationally.
Projects
CityClimate meets CreativeCoding (CCmCC)
Sinking Cities: Cultural Heritage as a transformational resource
Publications
Berger, H. M., Erbach, T., Kuehn, A., Possmann, J. P., & Langendijk, G. S. (2023). Rising Waters, Rooted Memories: Cultural Heritage as a resource for climate adaptation in Sinking Cities. Journal of Delta Urbanism, (4). https://doi.org/10.59490/jdu.4.2023.7334
Weiser, A., Wanner, M., Stelzer, F., Lang, D. J., Berger, H., Förster, A., Liedtke, C., Micklitz, H., Niewöhner, J., Parodi, O., Potthast, T., Schneider, F., Sörgel, F., Ziehl, M., & Ziemer, G. (2023). Exploring fruitful links between real-world laboratory and disciplinary research: Introduction of the DKN Future Earth working group LinkLab. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 32(3), 335-337. https://doi.org/10.14512/gaia.32.3.13
Berger, H. M., Postert, P., Schipper, I, & Wolf, A. (2021). Taking Mixed Reality Serious: Co-Creation in the City of the Future. In Raphael Schwegmann, Gesa Ziemer, Jörg R. Noennig (Eds), Digital City Science. Researching New Technologies in Urban Environments. Berlin.
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Activities
Workshop | Berger, H., Herzog, R., Lüdert, J. (27-29.10.2023). From Pixels to Progress - Climate Resilience, data narration, and the collaborative digital city. German American Conference. Harvard Kennedy School. Cambridge, USA. https://www.dwih-newyork.org/en/event/gac-harvard-2023/
Workshop | Berger, H., Collier, C., Herzog, R. (13.03.2023). Save your City: Design the Future. SXSW. Austin, USA.
Podcast | Berger, H. (11.10.2023). Futur Talk 1: "State of the Art. Podcast der Kulturpolitischen Gesellschaft. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6X5jZmcKlLwShUSHJ8OkX6
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